MILAN — The United States is surprisingly lagging behind Denmark at the Olympics and is sitting on the bench, jack eichel and linemates brady tkachuk And matthew tkachuk Talked about the desire to bring about change.
Then he did the same.
Eichel similarly won his own faceoff a minute later to set up Brady Tkachuk’s goal, and the U.S. kept pace with undefeated Canada for the top seed in the men’s hockey tournament, keeping their top line intact with a 6-3 defeat of Denmark on Saturday night.
“[We were] Just sticking with it, trusting each other,” Brady Tkachuk said. “That just shows the confidence we have in each other in the room and the belief that if we stick with it, at the end of the day we’ll like the outcome.”
America withdraws from goaltender jeremy swayman Being beaten by a shot in 11 minutes, from 95 feet away, just inside the center red line. Swayman wouldn’t have to beat himself up too badly for the mistake, as some of his most talented teammates stepped up to score a long-range goal from Nicolas B. Jensen and another soft goal from Philipp Bruggiser with 2.6 seconds left in the second period.
“I’m really proud of this group for being balanced,” Swayman said. “Confidence never left the group, and that’s a serious characteristic at this stage of the tournament. The guys rallied, and we got it done”
Goals from Brady Tkachuk and Eichel – two-thirds of the top line with Brady’s brother, Matthew – tied it midway through the second period and gave the US the lead. guard noah hanifin Adding another when his shot went through Mads Sogard and crossed the goal line moments later, giving some breathing space that proved necessary.
Jake Guentzel Scored a one-time goal on Sogard with just over 12 minutes remaining, and jack hughes Scored a feed from brock nelson Frederic Dycho relieved Sogaard after he was sidelined with injury.
captain auston matthews Gave a pass to Guentzel, and Zach Werenski – who accidentally knocked the puck into his own net for Denmark’s first goal, which was credited to Nick Olesen – got a secondary assist to get some revenge.
“USA! USA!” At the time of the initial puck drop and after all the goals scored against Denmark, who were entering as heavy underdogs, the chants of the very red, white and blue crowd filled the arena.
“We fought hard and tried with everything we had,” Brugisser said. “Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough, but they’re an All-Star team, and we gave it everything we had.”
After coming from two goals down to beat Latvia 5-1 in their first match on Thursday night brock nelsonAs of the final day of the preliminary round, the Americans have six points in the standings, the same as Canada.
The US finished round-robin play against Germany, while Canada faced France at 0–2–0. If they win in each regulation, the No. 1 spot in the single-elimination knockout round will come down to goal difference.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
